Beauchamps, Pierre François Godard De

, a
French miscellaneous writer, was born at Paris in 1689,
and died in that metropolis in 1761. He wrote, 1. “The
Loves of Ismene & Isménias,” 1743, 8vo, a free translation of a Greek romance by Eustathius, or rather Eumathius, who must not be confounded with Eustathius the
grammarian, and author of the commentary on Homer. It
contains interesting adventures, in that species of epic
poetry in prose which partakes at once of the tragic and
comic vein. A beautiful edition of it was published at
Paris in 1797, 4to, with illuminated prints. 2. “The
| loves of Rhodantes & Docicles,” another Greek romance
by Theodorus Prodromus, translated into French, 1746,
12mo. 3. “Recherches sur les Theatres de France,”
1735, 4to, and 8vo, 3 vols. Beauchamps did not confine
himself to the titles of the dramatical pieces: he has added
particulars of the lives of some of the French comedians;
but he has omitted a number of interesting anecdotes, with
which he might have embellished his work. It were to be
wished that he had developed the taste of the former ages
of the French for dramatic representations, the art and the
progress of tragedy and comedy from the time of Jodelle;
the genius of the French poets, and their manner of imitating the ancients. But Beauchamps, in this work, is
little more than a compiler, and that from well-known
materials. 4. “Lettres d‘Heloise & d’Abailard,” in French
verse, fluent enough, but prosaic, 1737, 8vo. 5. “Several theatrical performances.” 6. The romance of “FuDestine,” 1757. 1

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